Time flies past so quickly that suddenly it was the end of October and probably the most waited for celebration in the U.S. As soon as we arrived in Bloomington in mid-August, the grocery stores already had their pumpkins at the entrance of the store. Every week since then more and more Halloween merchandise was … More All Hallows’ Eve – My first ever Halloween

In early October all the FDATs had a change to visit Chicago – the Windy City. This trip was organized by CIEDR – the Center for International Education and Research. On one early Friday morning almost all the Fulbright teachers got on the bus and we started our way to Chicago. The journey took as … More Blown away by the Windy City

As a part of the FDAT program in the Indiana University we are visiting a local high school called Bloomington High School North. BHSN has about 1,600 students and about 90-100 teachers. In addition to that there are obviously staff members to deal with student welfare and administration. BHSN has a bookstore in the school … More School visits – BHSN

In the first week of August the twenty-one international Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Grantees met with the American FDATs and alumni in Washington D.C. We had a very full program filled with interesting workshops and especially fantastic people. I am so honoured to be part of this amazing group of professionals from all over … More Washington D.C – the FDAT orientation

My journey as a Fulbright teacher begins by making one of my dreams come true. As long as I remember I have dreamed about visiting New York City and as soon as I got the news of being selected for the Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching program, I knew that it would be the perfect … More New York, New York